Day 2
It was a great start from P2 for Stenshorne as he got ahead of pole-sitter Laurens van Hoepen on the run to Turn 1. The ART Grand Prix driver was keen to retake the position but ran too deep into the Turn 4 chicane, allowing his Hitech TGR rival to keep the place.
The Safety Car was then deployed following an incident on the opening lap that caused Ivan Domingues to crash into the barrier at Turn 1.
As the Van Amersfoort Racing car was being cleared away, AIX Racing’s Brad Benavides was given a 10 second time penalty for causing a collision, as he had hit the rear of Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak’s car at the Ascari chicane.
Racing resumed on Lap 5 of 18 and Tramnitz immediately went side by side with Van Hoepen through the first sector, with the MP Motorsport driver taking P2 at the entry of Turn 4.
Behind them, Maria’s Zagazeta was showing some good form, as he overtook Tuukka Taponen for fourth place on the run down to Turn 1.
The ART driver’s struggles continued on Lap 6, as he lost out to Alessandro Giusti, Bilinski and Ugo Ugochukwu, dropping the Finn to P8.
Bilinski’s charged continued as he overtook both Giusti and Zagazeta to get up to fourth down the main straight on Lap 8.
Tramnitz then took the lead from Stenshorne as they went wheel-to-wheel, with the German getting ahead at Turn 1. Bilinski did the same just behind, this time overtaking Van Hoepen to put him in P3.
Zagazeta’s P5 was then coming under pressure from the PREMA Racing pair of Ugochukwu and Neol Leon on Lap 10, but the DAMS Lucas Oil driver held them off.
Leon then used the DRS and slip stream to get ahead of Ugochukwu into Turn 1 on Lap 12, while up the road, Bilinski and Stenshorne had gone side by side into the same corner.
The HiTech driver did however go to deep into the corner and by doing so, he kept the place, with his team then coming onto the radio to tell him to give the position back to his rival.
Behind them, in trying to avoid hitting the rear of his teammate, Ugochukwu took to the grass and then the Turn 1 run off, dropping him to 12th.
Onto lap 15 of 18, and Tramnitz had pulled out a 2.8s gap out in front, as Bilinski and Stenshorne continued to battle for position.
However the MP driver’s lead was taken away as the Saftey Car was needed for a collision between Leon, Brando Badoer and Charlie Wurz.
The Safety Car came in on the penultimate lap, giving us one racing lap. However Tramnitz had an excellent restart and kept the lead into Turn 1.
The MP driver then pulled off into the distance as he went on to win the Monza Sprint Race for the second consecutive year. Bilinski wound up in P2 after holding off Stenshorne across the line.
The full top 10 are- P1: Tramnitz, P2: Bilinski, P3: Stenshorne, P4: Van Hoepen, P5: Zagazeta, P6: Boya, P7: Giusti, P8: Tsolov, P9: Leon and P10: Stromsted.
However, after the race Tramnitz was given a 10 second time penalty for not engaging the start procedure setup correctly, meaning he loses the race win and Bilinski is promoted to P1.
Day 3
It was an even start at the front for pole sitter Brad Benavides and front row starter Ugo Ugochukwu, as they maintained their positions, while Leon and Inthraphuvasak went side-by-side into Turn 4 for P3.
The Campos driver took P3, but while they were battling for position, TRIDENT’s title hopes took a massive hit, as Charlie Wurz stopped on track with damage.
This brought out the Safety Car, but racing resumed on Lap 3 of 22, with Tsolov the next Campos to get past Leon, this time for P4 and into Turn 1.
Up ahead, Ugochukwu was right on the back of Benavides and the pair went wheel to wheel into Turn 4. The AIX driver ran wide at the corner though, and while he maintained the position, he was told to give his American counterpart the place.
Benavides did so heading into the final corner, which allowed him to get the run on Ugochukwu down the main straight. He used this to retake the lead into Turn 1, as Inthraphuvasak followed him through.
However, onto lap 4 and Ugochukwu went around the outside of his Campos rival for P2 at Turn 4, putting him back up to second.
The Safety Car was back out to recover Fernando Barrichello’s car from the Ascari chicane. The Green Flag was waved to kick off racing on Lap 7, Inthraphuvasak was struggling and dropped to third behind Tsolov and Leon.
Benavides was resisting each one of Ugochukwu’s attempts to overtake, both into Turn 1 and Turn 4. However, the PREMA driver’s race soon ended at the Ascari chicane, as a slight touch with the gravel sent him into a spin and knocked him out of the running, bringing out the Safety Car.
Back to racing on Lap 11 and Benavides once again had a good restart, as Tsolov came under pressure from Leon.
The Bulgarian quickly turned to defence to attack though and was right on the back of Benavides heading into the final corner and took the lead into Turn 1.
However, the AIX driver was refusing to give up on a maiden win and went around the outside of Tsolov at Turn 4 to take back P1.
Inthraphuvasak was on the charge and got ahead of Leon for third at the start of Lap 14. However, TRIDENT was now back in play for the title, as Noah Stromsted climbed up to sixth while Rafael Camara was 10th, having started last.
That was aided by Matias Zagazeta stopping on track with front wing damage. The DAMS Lucas Oil driver collided with Martinius Stenshorne and the Tukka Taponen, which sent him off at Ascari and forced him to spot at the final corner.
Inthraphuvasak though clearly had eyes on a third win of the season as he dived to the inside of his teammate for P2 as the Ascari chicane, although the Bulgarian took it back at Turn 1 on Lap 16.
Behind them, Camara charged up to sixth, despite going on the grass briefly on the run down to the final corner, as he got past Taponen, Giusti and Stromsted.
At the start of Lap 17, Tsolov was having a look at Benavides but then came Inthraphuvasak, who rounded them both into Turn 1 to take the lead.
Benavides was keen to get the place back but ran too deep into Turn 1 on the following lap, and while he came out in front, he gave the positions back.
Behind them, Camara was well within DRS range of the top five, and as Lap 19 of 22 got underway the Champion dived to the inside of Roman Bilinski at Turn 4, and after running wide at the corner, the Rodin Motorsport driver let Camara through a few corners later.
Onto the penultimate lap and after biding his time, Tsolov looked to make a move on Inthraphuvasak. The race leader shut the door, but this gave Benavides the run on the P2 driver, although he ran slightly off-line into Turn 4, allowing Leon through for third.
Their squabbling for P3 allowed the Campos duo to go clear as Inthraphuvasak led Tsolov home in a one-two for the team, giving the Spanish outfit for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Teams’ Champiosnhip.
The full top 10 are- P1: Inthraphuvasak, P2: Tsolov, P3: Leon, P4: Benavides, P5: Camara, P6: Stromsted, P7: Bilinski, P8: Giusti, P9: Boya and P10: Tramnitz.
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